Stray animals and STRs?

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I live out in the country.  A cat showed up on my back porch yesterday.  It's not a kitten, and it's not fully grown.  In human terms, it would be like a 10-12 year old kid.  I have a 14 unit apartment complex that are all STRs.  Would you relocate the cat to the apartment complex?  There are already a few cats there that the various STR tenants feed.

Paul Sandhu · Answer

I started doing that 5 years ago.  I market my places with "Indoor plumbing and an outdoor cat*".

*Outdoor cat may be substituted by stray dog, squirrel, pigeon, rabbit, coyote** or fox**.

**Coyote or fox only at apartment complex, not at houses.

Leslie Anne Morris · Answer

Give it a name and market it as resident cat greets guests

Leslie Anne Morris · Answer

I stayed at someone's place once in good ol' Alabama and they had a stray cat named big head...because he had a big head.  They were like don't let him in...he just came right in.

Karl B. · Answer

I rescued a mama cat and her three kittens from one of my properties and took them to a horse barn where they now live (and now mama cat is preggo again).

Personally, I wouldn't relocate a cat to a situation similar to yours because the cat (off the top of my head):

-Might hop on cars during the wintertime (in the dead of winter our cats LOVE warm car hoods - it drove my dad bananas)

-Being a stray cat doesn't see to be a great reality. The mama cat I rescued was skinny and there were neighbors who fed the strays

-Some tenants might not like to see more cats, especially if they aren't being neutered, and the stray population could quickly grow

I think it would be better if you found someone you know and trust to adopt the cat from you. That way the cat can live a happy life and be warm during the wintertime. Take a photo of your new fuzzy friend and post it on your Facebook page, asking if any friends/family want to adopt him/her.

Lauren Kormylo · Answer

After neutering or spaying it, yes, if you're not going to feed it at your house.

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